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THOMAS L. WILSON, OF PORT HOPE, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONF- HALF TO EUGENE HARMON DAVIS, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,830, dated January 24, 1882.

Application filed November 15, 1881.

To all trhom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS LAVERroK WILSON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at the town of Port Hope, in the county of Durham, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain newanduscful Improvementsin Oars,of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to build a strongly-construeted car capable of carrying either grain or ordinary merchandise without alteration of any of its parts; and it consists of a car with two hoppers in the bottom frame of the car, and provided with an auxiliary bottom consisting of a skeleton-frame so constructed that it will be capable of carrying ordinary merchandise, and at the same time present no obstruction to the grain passing freely into the hopper, the whole being stayed together so as to produce great strength and rigidity.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of a car. Fig. 2 is a cross -s ection through a b. Fig. 3 is a view of the bottom timbers of the car without the skeleton-frame. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the bottom of the hopper, showing the rubber apron. Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged details of the truss-rod and ferrule for bracing the hopper-frame to the main frame of the car. Fig. 7 is a plan of the bottom of the car, showing skeleton-frame; and Fig. 8 is a bottom plan of the car, showing the trap-door to hopper.

1n the drawings like letters indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A are the longitudinal timbers of the bottom of the car, arranged in the ordinary manner, and upon which "the upper or box-frame portion of the car is built in the ordinary way.

B represents the sides of the hopper, which are made preferably of one and a half inch ton gue-and-groove flooring, covered with a galvanized-iron sheathing. The bottom of the end sides of the hopper rest upon the crosstimbers'O, which are bolted to the suspensionframe formed by the cross-timbers D, bolted to the longitudinal timbers A and braced together by the bolts E.

straining-timbers F are setin below the end sides of the hopper B, being properly framed (No model.)

into the longitudinal timbers A. The straining-timbers F at either end of the car are i'ramed'with the end studs, while the strainingtimbers which meet in the center of the car are framed with the cross-piece G. Proper stayrods are supplied, forming with the strainingtimbers F a powerful truss, which will greatly strengthen the arrangement of the timbers forming the bottom of the car. It will be noticed that the end cross-timbers, D,ot" the sus- 6o pension-frame, in projecting below the longitudinal timbers A, come close to the frame of the truck. Sufficient room is left to allow the truck to turn upon its king bolt when the car is rounding curves; but in the event of the car 6 jumping off the track the truck will be prevented by this suspension-frame from slewing too far. and therefore the car will not be carried off the track by the trucks. By this arrangement of suspension-frame, in connection with the frame ofthe truck, it will be seen that while my car may run off the track it cannot be thrown off and wrecked. as is the case where the truck is permitted to slew around upon its king-bolt.

In order to provide a bottom which will sup port ordinary merchandise, but which will not interfere with the loading of grain into the hopper when the car is to be used as a graincar, I provide a fixed skeleton-frame, consist- 8o ing preferably of oak transversejoists H, two feet (more or less) apart, and have laid upon their top side a series of longitudinal half-inch round iron'bars, h, sutticiently far apart to allow of the grain passing freely between them. 85 While I prefer half-round iron bars, it will of course be understood that other material may be used to accomplish the same purpose. Longitudinal bars arranged as described form a floor upon which merchandise may be freely o slid from end to end of the car. This will be found advantageous when the car is being loaded with iron rails or ordinary merchant-v able bar-iron. I

For the purpose of loading the car with long 5 merchandise-such as rails and iron-doors I are provided at either end of the car.

WVith the View of strengthening the skeleton-frame and at the same time bracing the bottom of the car, I place between the trans- I00 verse joists H and longitudinal timbers A, a series of cast iron ferrules or sleeves, J, provided with an angular flange to rest upon the sides B of the hopper. Through these ferrules, and extending through the transverse joists H and longitudinal timbers A, I pass bolts K, screwed and provided with suitable nuts, so that the timbers through which they pass may be strained together and thereby braced and strengthened.

In order to provide suitable means for discharging the grain from out of the hopper, I provide a sliding door,L, supported in grooved guides M, which are bolted to the inner longitudinal timbers, D. of the suspension-frame. ()n the bottom of one of these timbers I pivot a lever, N, which is connected to the sliding door L by the rod 0. This lever N extends over a quadrant, P, secured, as shown, upon the bottom of the suspension-frame, and having pin-holes made in it, as shown. By the adoption of this lever and quadrant 1 am enabled to adjust the opening of the door I, and thereby control the discharge of the grain, the door being held in any desired position by placing a pin through one of the holes made in the quadrant. in order to lock the said door when closed, the pin is passed through a a hole behind the lever, and may be sealed in the ordinary way, so that it cannot be opened without leaving traces by which the act may be detected.

With the view of keeping the grooved guides M clear of grain or any other obstruction, I tack around the mouth of the hopper an apron, Q, of rubber or other suitable material. This apron is so arranged that as the door L is opened it will fall below the grooved guides, and as the door is closed the apron will curl up and lie upon the inside of the door, as represented in the detailof this part of my invention.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a car constructed as described will not only be exceedingly strong, but will at all times be ready for use cit-her as a grain-car or as a car for holding ordinary merchandise, it being at no time necessary to alter any part in order to fit the car for the different services for which it is constructed.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a car having hoppers constructed in its bottom, a series of transverse joists, H, perlna nently secured over the top of the hoppers, in combination with the longitudinally-arranged bars h, fixed tothe joists H, so as to form a permanent flooring capable of carrying ordinary merchandise without presenting any set ions obstruction to the free passage of grain into the hoppers.

2. In a car having hoppers constructed in its bottom and a skeleton-frame permanently fixed over the top of the hoppers, a series of ferrules or sleeves, J, arranged between the transversejoists H and longitudinal timbers A, in combination with bolts K, passing through the said ferrule and through thejoists H and timbers A, the said bolts being screwed and provided with nuts for drawing the timbers together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a car having hoppers constructed in its bottom, the cross-tim hers D, securely bolted to the longitudinal timbers A and braced together by the bolts E, in combination with the timbers D, the whole being arranged substantially as described, for the purpose of forming a suspension-frame for supporting the hoppers.

4. In a car, the sleeves J, provided with angular flanges at their lower ends, in combination with thejoists H, timbers A, hopper-bot tom B, and the bolts K, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a car provided with a hopper constructed substantially as described, the sliding door L and the guides M,bolted to the bottom of the timbers supporting the hopper, in combination with the lcverN, rod 0, and the apron Q, secured to the inner surface of the hoppermouth, as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a car provided with a hopper and a sliding door movingin guideways, as described, the combination of an apron, Q, secured to the inner surface of the hopper-mouth, as and for the purpose specified.

THOS. L. WILSON.

Witnesses:

G. T. HALL, I. G. HALL. 

